DJ Art Submission One: Door of Knowledge
(This submission has been selected to be showcased at the National Jubilee Arts Festival (NJAF)
Title: Door of Knowledge
Type: Relief art on hardboard
Media: Earthenware clay with glaze and oil on hardboard.
Size: 36X24
Description:This artwork references an iconic quote from Prophet Muhammad (S. A.)“Ana Madinatul Ilm wa Ali Babuha” Means: I am the city of knowledge and Ali is its gate, in which he discusses the meaning of the Imamat and how it relates to our lives. By calling back to the past, the work seeks to connect to the theme of the legacy of the Imamat and what it stands for in the eyes of the Prophet. Furthermore, in Islamic architecture, door plays an important symbolic role determined by its form, scale and the inscription on it. In this relief art, I have sculpted a door with earthenware clay and inscribed one of the hadith of Prophet Muhammad (S.A) in which Hazer Ali (S.A) was referred as the door of knowledge.
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DJ Art Submission Two: GHADEER
(This submission has been selected to be showcased at the National Jubilee Arts Festival (NJAF)
Title: Ghadeer, January 2018,
Type: Relief art on hardboard
Media: Earthenware(earth·en·ware) clay with glaze and oil on hardboard.
Size: 48X36
Artist: Ruhi and Jalal Gilani
Description: This artwork references an iconic hadith of Prophet Muhammad (S. A.) declaring Hazrat Ali (S.A) as a successor. “Man Kunto Maula Fahaza Ali Un Maula” means He of whom I am the mawla, of him Ali is also the mawla.” By calling back to the past, the work seeks to connect to the theme of time. Sculpted with earthenware (earth·en·ware) clay, creation was glazed and fired twice in Kiln at cone temperature 04. Forty-nine (49) octagon in the background depicts the continuity of Imamat since first Imam Hazrat Ali (S.A), and different sizes and colors represent a change in Imama's guidance as time changes.
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DJ Art Submission Three: ILM (Knowledge)
Title: ILM, January 2018
Type: Relief art on hardboard
Media: Earthenware clay with glaze and oil on hardboard.
Size: 36X48
Description: Inspired by the importance of seeking knowledge in Islam, artist has designed, crafted, and laser cut acrylic glass in kufic script. Glass and the pen at the bottom of the script painted with acrylic blue. This artwork represents Surah Ta-Ha, 20:114, “Rabbi zidni ilma” means, “O my Lord! Advance me in my knowledge.” and seek to connect with the theme of the enduring “Legacy” laid out by those who came before us: seek knowledge, and do so without restraint.